Religion and politics in Saudi Arabia
Subtitle: Wahhabism and the state
By: edited by Mohammed Ayoob, Hasan Kosebalaban.
Contributors: Ayoob, Mohammed, 1942-; Kosebalaban, Hasan.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781588266378
Subjects: Islam and state -- Saudi Arabia; Islam and politics -- Saudi Arabia; Wahhābīyah -- Saudi Arabia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Unraveling the myths / Mohammed Ayoob and Hasan Kosebalaban; title: Wahhabism : religious movement and political ideology; title: Wahhabism and the question of religious tolerance / Natana J. DeLong-Bas; title: Wahhabism as an ideology of state formation / Khalid S. al-Dakhil; title: Contestation and authority in Wahhabi polemics / David Commins; title: Wahhabism and the Saudi state; title: Wahhabi origins of the contemporary Saudi state / John S. Habib; title: The annexation of the Hijaz / William Ochsenwald; title: State power, religious privilege, and myths about political reform / Gwenn Okruhlik; title: Religious revivalism and its challenge to the Saudi regime / Toby Craig Jones; title: Saudi-US relations; title: A most improbable alliance : placing interests over ideology / Thomas W. Lippman; title: Official Wahhabism and the sanctioning of Saudi-US relations / F. Gregory Gause III; title: Conclusion; title: The impact of the Wahhabi tradition / John O. Voll.